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Seen at the BK Stompbox Exhibit 2018: Frayed Knot Bella-Donna delay

The Frayed Knot Electronics's pedals were among the edgiest we saw and heard at the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit 2018. Here's a video we shot at the event, with company owner Francois, of the Bella-Donna, a "delay with a frequency modulated oscillator folding itself into the feedback path, giving drifting tremolo/modulation,…... Click for more

Seen at the BK Stompbox Exhibit 2018: Frayed Knot Bella-Donna delay

New at the BK SBE 2018: SolidGoldFX Counter Current dirty reverb

Canadian manufacturer SolidGoldFX had a brand new pedal on the board they showcased at our 8th edition of the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit - so we shot the first video of it with their rep Ben! The Counter Current is a "dirty reverb" featuring a drive that's applied to the wet reverb (not…... Click for more

New at the BK SBE 2018: SolidGoldFX Counter Current dirty reverb

Dwarfcraft Devices’ Ghost Fax gets the Knobs Treatment

As usual, we highlight the pedals picked by Knobs for their amazing demo videos. Dwarfcraft Devices Ghost Phase is presented as a Ghost "phase computer," more info about it here and under the video. Hey, it also has a secret menu!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHV_YR-PuSQ We are calling Ghost Fax a phase computer for…... Click for more

Dwarfcraft Devices’ Ghost Fax gets the Knobs Treatment

How to Use Motion Control as an Expression Pedal

Expression pedals are the go-to tool of choice for creative guitarists who like to alter their effects' settings while performing. However, since gravity forces humans to use at least one foot for balance, the adventurous guitarist interested in controlling more than one setting at once will have use a different…... Click for more

How to Use Motion Control as an Expression Pedal

Dwarfcraft Devices Grazer – Granular Repeater

The Dwarfcraft Devices Grazer was one of the newly released pedals visitors of the 2nd L.A. Stompbox Exhibit had the chance to check out this past weekend at the Sunset Blvd. Sam Ash store. Hosted in an attractively chunky, orange "brick-style" enclosure, this stompbox belongs to the rather trendy category…... Click for more

Dwarfcraft Devices Grazer – Granular Repeater

Chase Bliss Audio Condor Analog EQ

The Minneapolis based manufacturer Chase Bliss Audio has been specializing in an "army knife" approach to stompboxes, offering great sounding devices boasting an incredibly wide palette of features, accessible both from the front and top panels (on the latter, each of their pedals has their signature two rows of dip…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Audio Condor Analog EQ

Drolo Moon Rabbit 6 Stage Phaser

These days, traditional guitar effects like flanger and phaser are being reinvented by brave new manufacturers, and the 6 Stage Phaser Moon Rabbit, by Belgian builder Drolo, firmly folllows this trend. With its envelop follower tool, CV input, pedal expression input option and 8 selectable waveforms, this pedal does a…... Click for more

Drolo Moon Rabbit 6 Stage Phaser

Walrus Audio’s Luminary V2 Quad Octave Generator

At our first Toronto Stompbox Exhibit we had the chance to play with Walrus Audio's Luminary, and we were rather impressed. It's definitely one of the most versatile "octavers" around, with its four-octave generator that allows for a wide variety of tones, ranging from pipe organ sounds to completely otherworldly noises. The…... Click for more

Walrus Audio’s Luminary V2 Quad Octave Generator

Hungry Robot El Castillo Arpeggiating Reverb

Hungry Robot never ceases to surprise us with their lush, imaginative designs. They just unveiled a new "Arpeggiating Reverb" called El Castillo. For those looking to get experimental with their time-based effects, the Hungry Robot El Castillo combines delay, reverb, and pitch-shifting into one fairly compact unit. The pedal is…... Click for more

Hungry Robot El Castillo Arpeggiating Reverb

Alexander Pedals Quadrant Audio Mirror Delay

Alexander Pedals has been churning out very cool products, climbing the stompbox buzz ladder thanks to imaginative designs packed with features. Their brand new Quadrant Audio Mirror Delay certainly makes a good first impression as well (we dig the graphics!). Belonging to the recently introduced Neo Series, this is a compact…... Click for more

Alexander Pedals Quadrant Audio Mirror Delay

Adventure Audio might have never happened if founder Christian Terjesen hadn’t cracked open the back of an effect pedal, “just for the heck of it,” he says. In 2014, Terjesen was a new college graduate living in Philadelphia and trying to find a job. “I started applying at restaurants and…... Click for more

Pedal Manufacturers Profile: Adventure Audio

Adventure Audio unveils the Outer Rings Ring Mod

If there's one effect that pre-dated the current "glitch pedal" mania, that is, without a doubt, the ring modulator, an effect that sounds wrong, that sounds weird - that sounds like the music your parents don't understand, therefore, wonderful. Adventurous upstate New York effect designer Adventure Audio just unveiled a new…... Click for more

Adventure Audio unveils the Outer Rings Ring Mod